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  • Democracy & Government
    Republicans’ Miserly Stimulus Plan Is More Band-Aid Than Economic Treatment
    February 2, 2021
    | Jacob Rosenberg

    Here’s what the GOP's $600 billion counteroffer leaves out.

  • Unsanitized: Lack of Economic Relief Is Costing Lives
    November 19, 2020

    There’s no ambiguity over what to do, but McConnell holds the key to actually doing it.

  • Letters From an American
    The Republican Narrative
    July 27, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    No New Deal in sight
  • Inequality
    Unemployment Benefits Have Saved the US From Economic Calamity
    July 24, 2020
    | Doug Henwood
    They expire at the end of the month
  • Economy & Work
    The Great Depression, Coronavirus Style
    May 28, 2020
    | Nomi Prins

    Many economists believe that a recession is already underway. So do millions of Americans struggling with bills and job losses. While the world has certainly experienced its share of staggering jolts in the past, this cycle of events is likely to prove unparalleled.

  • Moyers on Democracy
    While We Were Distancing, News You Need to Know
    May 4, 2020
    | Gloria Teal
    The team at BillMoyers.com brings you news — some of it good, some of outrageous, all of it important — that’s been covered up by COVID-19
  • Anti-Poverty Leaders Respond to Paul Ryan
    July 26, 2014
    | Anne Ford, Deepak Bhargava, Dr. Mariana Chilton, Laffon Brelland Jr., Melissa Boteach, Peter Edelman, Tianna Gaines-Turner and Tom Colicchio
    A diverse set of activists and experts who understand poverty firsthand respond to Paul Ryan's new proposal to address poverty.
  • Economy & Work
    Why Big Business Loves Desperate Workers
    July 23, 2014
    | Stephen Pimpare
    When workers have limited social welfare benefits, they are cheap and compliant, and have no choice but to accept whatever job they are offered.
  • Activism
    A Historic Opportunity to Talk Poverty
    June 14, 2014
    | Neera Tanden
    The president of the Center for American Progress makes a case for talking about poverty by recounting how her mother raised her family through tough times.
  • Morning Reads: Zuckerberg Blasts Obama Over NSA; Paris Tames Air Pollution by Making Public Transit Free
    March 14, 2014
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...


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